Question. How come we're bat$*%$ crazy over Yasiel Puig's .409/.436/.667 over 140 PA but not talking about Hanley Ramirez's 114 PA of .419/.456/.743? Dude is absolutely tearing the cover off the baseball right now, SS/3B eligible, and is stuck playing second fiddle on his own damn team. Guy isn't that far removed from being a Top 2 Overall Pick in fantasy baseball. He's still almost six months shy of his 30th birthday, but many have written him off as an afterthought. The best part so far, in my eyes, is dumping a career 16% K-Rate down to 11%. What sort of expectations do we have for Hanley after the All-Star break? Can he bat .300 (the rest of the way)? Slug .500? Those would be his career averages, not some wildly high ceiling projection.

bigh0rt wrote:Question. How come we're bat$*%$ crazy over Yasiel Puig's .409/.436/.667 over 140 PA but not talking about Hanley Ramirez's 114 PA of .419/.456/.743? Dude is absolutely tearing the cover off the baseball right now, SS/3B eligible, and is stuck playing second fiddle on his own damn team. Guy isn't that far removed from being a Top 2 Overall Pick in fantasy baseball. He's still almost six months shy of his 30th birthday, but many have written him off as an afterthought. The best part so far, in my eyes, is dumping a career 16% K-Rate down to 11%. What sort of expectations do we have for Hanley after the All-Star break? Can he bat .300 (the rest of the way)? Slug .500? Those would be his career averages, not some wildly high ceiling projection.

True he has been other worldly - possibly it's because Hanley has been a stud before and everyone is waiting for the collapse I don't see it but I'd imagine that's the issue with those ignoring Hanley.

bigh0rt wrote:Question. How come we're bat$*%$ crazy over Yasiel Puig's .409/.436/.667 over 140 PA but not talking about Hanley Ramirez's 114 PA of .419/.456/.743? Dude is absolutely tearing the cover off the baseball right now, SS/3B eligible, and is stuck playing second fiddle on his own damn team. Guy isn't that far removed from being a Top 2 Overall Pick in fantasy baseball. He's still almost six months shy of his 30th birthday, but many have written him off as an afterthought. The best part so far, in my eyes, is dumping a career 16% K-Rate down to 11%. What sort of expectations do we have for Hanley after the All-Star break? Can he bat .300 (the rest of the way)? Slug .500? Those would be his career averages, not some wildly high ceiling projection.

Ya right now Hanley is hotter than Puig. But when all the hype started Puig was hotter. I think that is the difference.

And also, yesterday I took a player bet, who will have more H, R, and RBIS. Hanley or Aaron Hill. That was some easy money yesterday.

I haven't seen a site with this information, but I heard it on ESPN PTI. they said there is an alliance voting for the final player vote. Jays their want their fans to vote for NL Braves player Freddie Freeman, and Braves want their fans to vote for AL player Steve Delebar. problem? the PTI guys seem to think so. but I know Kornheiser is biased because of the young phenom Puig, who wouldn't make it, and is currently behind in voting. I'm thinking what the problem is? Freeman is just as deserving as Puig, otherwise he wouldn't even be an option.fans can choose to vote for whoever they want.